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 Logan wrote:

An album by  a North American band named FISH (an acronym) was erroneously added to Fish's (as in Marillion's Dick) discography.  Thought I should bring it up here before deleting the album entry.  the issue came up in the reviews reporting thread and I will quote some of that here:

The album is now said to be not due for official release until January 2024, and seems to have disappeared from all the sites that listed it a few days ago - I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to reappear either. Both Deezer and Spotify had apparently also filed it along with the Derek Dick 'Fish' albums, so I reckon he must have had a few words lol! It seems the only album actually still in existence by the band (released back in December 2016 when they were still known as 'Fase') is 'The Lamp Of Darkness', which is on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-lamp-of-darkness/1450323807, and sounds absolutely dreadful from the brief samples I listened to (the whole album was put on Spotify in January 2019, but it ain't there now lol!)

One track from the intended album 'Hollow Earth' (called 'Asthenia: Rebirth'), which also sounds dreadful to my ears, is still available to listen to on Soundcloud under the band name 'Fish', together with a full band biography, but I wouldn't be surprised if that track disappears over the next day or so too, and maybe even the whole page.

Here is the full biography for the record, just in case it all disappears very soon!

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FISH, formerly known as Fase, is an American-Canadian studio prog rock band from Oberlin, OH. Formed in 2015, the band currently consists of guitarist Doug Hogg, drummer Brian Newbury, guitarist Noel Ward and bassist Aiden Beckman.

FISH formed by founding members Cannon Byron-Dixon and Doug Hogg during their sophomore year of high school. They were both members of the band Military of Fools and started making music by themselves after its disbandment. Together, they wrote and recorded their debut album "The Lamp of Darkness" in two months, releasing it on December 16, 2016, to mixed/negative reviews from peers who called it cheap.

They took a short break to focus on their studies and returned to the studio in 2018 to record their self-titled sophomore album, which was released on February 20, 2019. Cannon left the band shortly after due to personal reasons and was replaced by Brian Newbury.

Doug and Brian worked on their first EP "The Journey", releasing it in June of that same year. They began writing for their third studio album but had to halt production due to the 2020 pandemic. The four songs they finished were released as the "Falling into Infinity" EP. Shortly after the quarantine was lifted, they began working on their official third album titled "On the Breath of Poseidon…", but it and their previous efforts, bar "The Lamp of Darkness", were shelved due to Cannon returning to the band.

Doug and Cannon started rewriting their debut album, making it into the sound they wanted it to be. By 2021, they had completed two songs, "A Wonderful Day" and "Xylophone Boy", before communications stopped between the pair. After a year of waiting, Doug brought back Brian and was later in 2023 by guitarist Noel Ward and Aiden Beckman. After consideration, the name was changed to FISH, short for Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization.

In May 2023, they began writing for their debut album temporarily titled "Flood Lungs". By August 2023, they had commenced the writing portion and would begin recording in September-November; mixing and mastering would be done by Monolithic Architex in December. The title was changed to "Hollow Earth", releasing on January 5, 2024.
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On the band's facebook, they talk about a second album 'Astral Demons' (Feb 2019), but only 25 copies were pressed, and it seems to have since disappeared into the mist. A third album 'The Unchartered Sea' was due to be released on June 7, 2019, and on 8th March 2019 they posted that they had 8 albums planned for release over the course of the next three years! Then in April 2019 we had: "Decided to shelve our upcoming albums and restart", followed in July 2019 by: "Official artwork for our third album Nearly Human", which was then renamed 'Erosion: ...And The Nothing Begins In Nowhere' with different artwork 12 days later. Fast forward to 25th May 2022, and we have: "Third album 'Coming Home' out December 16, 2022", and a day later: "Abandon All Ships out September 2nd", with a single from it apparently available on Soundcloud. Finally, on 30th May this year: "Been 7 years since our last album. Think it’s time for another one #2024".

Like I said at the beginning - I wouldn't hold my breath! 

Edit: Apparently the album seems to have been a wholly instrumental affair, and if that track on Soundcloud is anything to go by, it won't be missed (by me at least) if it doesn't resurface again in January 2024.

Edited by yam yam - October 09 2023 at 16:41